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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ac•quire /əˈkwaɪr/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -quired, -quir•ing. - to get possession of, or gain through one's efforts:acquired two new paintings; acquired new skills.
ac•quir•a•ble, adj. ac•quire•ment, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ac•quire (ə kwīər′),USA pronunciation v.t., -quired, -quir•ing. - to come into possession or ownership of;
get as one's own:to acquire property. - to gain for oneself through one's actions or efforts:to acquire learning.
- Linguisticsto achieve native or nativelike command of (a language or a linguistic rule or element).
- Militaryto locate and track (a moving target) with a detector, as radar.
- Latin
- Middle French aquerre
- Latin acquīrere to add to one's possessions, acquire (ac- ac- + -quīrere, combining form of quaerere to search for, obtain); replacing late Middle English aquere
- 1400–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See get.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged win, earn, attain; appropriate.
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